WAKE UP, DAISY!
Written by Marcus Stevens and Sam Willmott
Very loosely adapted from "Sleeping Beauty," Wake Up, Daisy! is a commission from Central Park's historic Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, and the latest whimsical collaboration between Marcus and Yo, Vikings! collaborator, Sam Willmott.
Daisy Greene is a very cautious 16-year-old New Yorker... hey, you'd be cautious too if your parents had forgotten to invite Marisol-From-Down-The-Hall to your third birthday party and she'd cursed you to someday prick your finger and nap forever! But when Daisy's best friend Tim-From-Across-The-Way convinces Daisy to finally leave her house and plant trees in Central Park, Marisol's curse is realized and Daisy finds herself deeply asleep and lost in the center of a labyrinth of her own dreams. Can Daisy throw caution to the wind and risk it all to wake herself up?
Originally slated for March of 2020, Wake Up, Daisy! was delayed by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Joyfully, the show premiered at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre on February 18th and is set to run there until December of 2022.
